Level 34 Hacker

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The point of giving Ep1 away was to get people interested, so that they would pay for the other content updates, so the company could, y’know, make money. I find it hard to believe someone can seriously claim that CZ should just give away content. Therefore…

Level 24 Camwhore

“The Lady is a Tramp”

Why shouldn’t we have to pay? It’s CZ’s game, they can decide to charge or not. Besides, they give you all the reasons to pay for it at the end of both episodes — it’s not to line their pockets, it’s to support the game.

God, go ask your Mom to borrow 10 bucks. Why don’t you cut the grbum for her or some ****? It’s not hard to make 10 bucks, even at a young age. By the time I was 15 or 16 I had my own bank account, which means that you can have your own bank card.

It’s not CZ’s fault if you can’t get the money together, and there are plenty of contests around that you can win BP off of. I know lots of games that don’t allow people to exchange in-game perks bought with real world money, so at least be glad for that, and if you really want to play, figure out a way to pay. You’ve got plenty of time.

Level 69 Troll

“Human Yeast Infection”

Tbh, it would be smarter to release a “episode 2 and 3!” package for like 11 bp, ET also said he was thinking about making Episode 2 free when episode 3 comes out a long time ago.

Wait…making ep 2 free for those who didn’t pay for it? Doesn’t that shaft those that *did* pay for it? How about this: if you paid for ep 2, you get 3 free. If you didn’t, you pay the same price for 2 *and* 3 together. So no matter whether you paid for 2 originally or not, you pay the same 7 BP for both. (and I’m not gonna even get into how it’s not fair that those that started playing after ep 2 came out can play the hacker/permanoob clbum without paying for an alt, and those that started playing before have to pay for an alt to experience those clbumes. Oh wait, I just did.)

Level 60 Troll

“Grendel”

I’d rather pay a little money and keep getting new episodes than get one free and have them abandon the project. I paid a pretty small sum and was kept busy for a number of months. I think it’s pretty reasonable.

Level 69 Hacker

Selfish fine upstanding member of society

They make content, they run servers. This costs money, so they ask for occasional contributions to stave off the cold death of bankruptcy. I don’t know how much they’re making over at CZ, or how much staving they have to do, but it’s a simple equation that if you want to get stuff you’re likely to have to pay for it.

As for bundle deals “shafting” those who paid for Ep2, not really – we got it earlier and paid for the privilege. A further episode coming out devalues the previous one, because CZ will want people to buy both and leaving it at full price would discourage that.

This whole thread is like someone who paid for SomeGenericFootballGame ‘07 demanding a free upgrade to SomeGenericFootballGame ‘08, and complaining at the idea that someone might be able to buy the older game for less money than they paid for it new.

Level 69 Re-Re

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Economically speaking, I think the best solution for Episode 3 would be to simply bundle Episode 2 + 3 together as a 9 BP package deal, remove the 7 BP offer for Episode 2 alone, and to give free access to Episode 3 for those who bought Episode 2 beforehand.

This works for several reasons. For those who are new to Forumwarz, it’s going to take almost the same amount of effort to buy 9 BP as it is to get 7 BP, since it involves transferring the cash to PayPal and imputing the proper withdraw information. The extra couple dollars is going to seem like nothing if the buyer is given the impression they’re getting cut a deal – instead of paying 14 BP for both episodes, we’re discounting Episode 3 by 80%. Look at what we charged the people for Episode 2 and imagine if we charged the same price for Episode 3, that’s $20 USD right there.

For those who already bought Episode 2, they’re getting rewarded for supporting Forumwarz early on and won’t have to shell out more money. It gives incentive for people to buy their Episode packages earlier (for the ‘2 BP discount’ ) and put more money into Crotch Zombie’s pocket faster.

This pattern of withdrawing the older stand-alone episode and offering bundles can continue up until say Episode 7 (if there is one), which would cost 14 BP. At that point I’d say stop, because $20 USD is a “critical number” in human psychology. It’s a small enough amount to be spent like lesser bills, but at the same time it’s large enough to be able to pay for a lot of goods. Anything above $20 USD is going to feel like “a lot of money” even if a couple dollars difference actually means less than it does at lower levels of cash.

Level 69 Troll

Trying to create drama to drum up the ratings by any means necessary!

mterek Posted:

This pattern of withdrawing the older stand-alone episode and offering bundles can continue up until say Episode 7

That would be the potential flaw right there. Because currently, only 3 episodes are planned. That will wrap up the storyline. Anything beyond that would theoretically have to be a new storyline, perhaps with all-new characters. Only time will tell.

Level 13 Hacker

“Ohacku”

While I really hat the whole “pay to play idea” I can’t really see any fault with CZ decision to have us pay, I mean maintaining, server (they aren’t cheap mind you) bandwith and legal fees is expensive enough.

also another thing most content that is added is almost always free if you only have to pay to add alts and episodes then well whats the big deal, besides there are frequent contest sure they aren’t the best but hey they are there.

on a side not whining about having to buy bp’s or begging for them is not going to get you anywhere, I learned that the hard way Log in to see images!